Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Second Anniversary!

Savage Chickens debuted on the web two years ago today! To celebrate, I'm introducing a new Behind the Scenes page. Click the above image to see the evolution of an SC cartoon and more!

Doug's Top Ten

A year ago, I picked my favourite ten cartoons of the year. This year, it was much more difficult to choose, but here they are:

The Cactus

Explosion

Morning Commute

Outside the Box

Pet Rock

The Prairies

Protest Rally

Psycho Hotline

The Shawshank Installation

Snowflakes

But the most blogged-about cartoons of the year were completely different:

Judas

A Long Flight

Talk Like A Pirate 2006

Pirates For Life ; St. Patrick's Day

Free Monday

Don't see your favourite cartoon here? Post it in the comments below!

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24 Comments:

At January 30, 2007 3:11 AM, Darwin said...: Haha I had somehow missed the A-team one, I love it!
At January 30, 2007 3:58 AM, jen2bird said...: Good Morning. Happy Aniversary!! Thank you for the quick flash back over the year, it was great. I have a couple of those saved on my computer, quick medicine for a bad day ;) Have a wonderful day.
Fer
At January 30, 2007 4:19 AM, Boodie said...: Woohoo

Conga rats!!

Happy 2nd anniversary
At January 30, 2007 4:22 AM, Andrew Andrew said...: Happy anniversary to my favorite web comic!
At January 30, 2007 5:10 AM, cap'n keith said...: Great anniversary treat. I liked the cartoon when it originally ran, but I really like the rake one to. Thanks for the daily chickens.
At January 30, 2007 6:20 AM, Tai said...: Awesome work. Been following from the start and enjoying every strip.
At January 30, 2007 6:21 AM, WhizGidget said...: Happy Anniversary Doug! May many more years of chickens lay ahead of us...

...no pun intended.

Favorite cartoon? You've got them here already:
Outside the Box, Protest Rally and Snowflakes (with A Long Flight being a contender for the top 3).

I can't wait to see what you've got in store for the next year... and what other folks come up with as favorites!

~WG~
At January 30, 2007 6:58 AM, Melinika said...: Happy second anniversary! Great work.
At January 30, 2007 7:15 AM, aly said...: Happy 2nd Anniversary, Savage Chickens!! Way to go, Doug! I toast you with my SC butt-crack (I mean, Art Gallery) mug! The A-Team behind the scenes is hilarious.

Of your top ten, I'd have to say Morning Commute, Protest Rally and The Shawshank Installation are my most favorite. Especially The Shawshank Installation. Of the most blogged-about, my fave is Free Monday--this is one of my all-time faves, hands down!! Too bad I never got a chance to redeem it. And yes, I loooved A Long Flight! Gotta love the Snape joke.

My top ten picks for the year would be: Originality, Free Monday, The Shawshank Installation, Protest Rally, Employee Satisfaction Survey, A Long Flight, Overtime, Exciting Lives, Art Gallery, One Fine Day and Jabberwocky. Oops, was that 11? Dang it!!
At January 30, 2007 7:56 AM, Jim Pemberton said...: Happy Anniversary!

Love the Dr. Who one, too. Seems like he should be an owl instead of a chicken.
At January 30, 2007 8:38 AM, Heidi said...: Happy Anniversary!

"Snape's on a plane" is my very favorite!

And you do a fine rake.
At January 30, 2007 10:21 AM, MsHairy said...: Happy Anniversary! I love the chickens!
At January 30, 2007 10:27 AM, Mrs L said...: 5. Weekly Meeting
4. Long Walks
3. Too Darn Hot
2. Pop Quiz
1. Anything with PROD
At January 30, 2007 10:28 AM, Mrs L said...: Argh! I forgot the best one of all... FULL POTENTIAL!
At January 30, 2007 2:02 PM, Cy Skywalker said...: Hey Doug, thanks for all the laughs& funny lines. lol, I love the "down with conformity" comic! It's so true! Other favorites: Pirate Hamlet, Snapes on a Plane, Judas, and the ones where the chickens are on the moon.
At January 30, 2007 2:13 PM, June said...: You're the best, Doug! Congratulations on your anniversary, and I hope we can enjoy more chickens in 2007!
At January 30, 2007 2:41 PM, Anonymous said...: I rather liked Sauron vs. Briscoe.
At January 30, 2007 3:04 PM, Katie said...: Congratulations!!!
At January 30, 2007 7:16 PM, Christine said...: Happy Chickenversary! I think you're brilliant and funny, a wicked combination. Thanks. My recent favorite was/is Pop Quiz. Damn, you should have known that.
At January 31, 2007 12:02 PM, Morgen said...: Happy Belated Anniversary, Doug!
Savage Chickens has brought a lot of laughs into my life this past year.
I still don't know why you're not in every newspaper in the country.
"Protest Rally" - 'down with conformity' is one of my all-time favorites.
Thanks for sharing your favorites with us.
Morgen
At January 31, 2007 2:15 PM, Anonymous said...: Another brilliantly funny anniversary--here's to many more!
At February 01, 2007 10:55 PM, Regina Lynn said...: You're a genius! Congratulations on another hilarious year. It's just going to keep getting bigger, too. :)
At February 02, 2007 2:11 PM, Anonymous said...: Congratulations. I've been reading since the very beginning, and Savage Chickens most definitely rock. In fact, I won't date anyone who doesn't find "World of Possibility" absolutely hilarious! My top ten would have to be: World of Possibility, GPS, Art Gallery, Barry White, Chickens on the Moon, Epitaph, Poledancing, Reno, The Undead of Oz, and Time Flies.
At February 15, 2007 12:30 AM, 2write said...: Congratulations and may the Savage Chickens never "lay an egg"

'To lay an egg' : meaning to come a cropper, to bomb out, humiliatingly to fail.